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Sanitary

Wallpaper
1903 (made)
Artist/Maker
Lightbown, Aspinall & Co. (manufacturer)
Leschke, Paul (designer)
Place of origin
England (printed)

Portion of a 'sanitary' damask wallpaper, with a conventional floral design in brown on a red ground; Colour print from 3 engraved rollers, on paper.

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Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Prints
Object type
Wallpaper
TitleSanitary (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour print from 3 engraved rollers, on paper
Paper
Engraving (Printing Process)
Brief description
Portion of a 'sanitary' damask wallpaper, with a conventional floral design in brown on a red ground; Colour print from 3 engraved rollers, on paper; Design by Paul Leschke; Produced by Lightbown, Aspinall & Co.; England; 1903.
Physical description
Portion of a 'sanitary' damask wallpaper, with a conventional floral design in brown on a red ground; Colour print from 3 engraved rollers, on paper.
Dimensions
  • Portion height: 43.1cm
  • Portion width: 50.3cm
Dimensions from: Oman, Charles C., and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982.
Credit line
Given by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd
Object history
Given by the Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd.
The second engraved 'sanitary' damask produced by the firm.
Subject depicted
Floral Patterns
Bibliographic references
  • Oman, Charles C., and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982.
  • Sugden, A. V., and Edmondson, J. L. A History of English Wallpaper. 1509-1914. London, 1926.
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1902-1934

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
Record URL
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